Global ETD Search
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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"history of disability"”.
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Achieving Access: Designing a Museum Accessibility Consulting Firm
… programming that increases the inclusion of people with disabilities in their organizations. The paper begins with a literature review that synthesizes the history of disability legislation and its relationship to museums, explores how museums can go beyond legal compliance and discusses …
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The Screen Speaks: Disability, Media & Schooling
… we are heavily influenced by the steady influx of information we receive from various types of media. This dissertation will investigate the relationship between our investments with popular media, particularly film, and with teachers’ perceptions of students with disabilities in secondary …
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Discourses of Disability and Sexuality: Barriers to Sexual Citizenship
This project brings together two areas of discussion that are often avoided or completely denied: disability and sexuality. This thesis will employ a disability studies framework to understand the barriers that prevent disabled people from being sexually active citizens. I begin my looking to the …
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Inventing Idiocy: Law, Land And The Construction Of Intellectual Disability In Late Medieval England
… Crown claimed the right to take the lands of so-called idiots into its possession, and developed a set of juridical practices to assess whether these individuals were mentally competent enough to rule themselves and their property. This dissertation examines how these developments informed …